Byron Janis - The Legendary Concerto Recordings (2010) [4 CD]

Tracks:

CD1
Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873–1943
Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.30
1 I. Allegro ma non troppo 14’48
2 II. Intermezzo: Adagio 10’08
3 III. Finale: Alla breve 12’49
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18
4 I. Moderato 10’15
5 II. Adagio sostenuto 9’54
6 III. Allegro scherzando 10’42
7 Prelude in E flat Op.23 No.6 2’49
8 Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2 3’50
Byron Janis piano
London Symphony Orchestra (1–3) · Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (4–6)
Antal Dorati

CD2
Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873–1943
Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor Op.1
1 I. Vivace 11’59
2 II. Andante 5’38
3 III. Allegro vivace 7’14
SERGEI PROKOFIEV 1891–1951
Piano Concerto No.3 in C Op.26
4 I. Andante – allegro 8’56
5 II. Tema con variazoni 8’56
6 III. Allegro ma non troppo 8’57
Byron Janis piano
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin

CD3
Robert Schumann 1810–1856
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54
1 I. Allegro affettuoso 14’34
2 II. Intermezzo, andantino grazioso 4’47
3 III. Allegro vivace 10’30
4 Arabeske Op.18 7’12
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840–1893
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23*
5 I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – allegro con spirito 18’53
6 II. Andante semplice 6’50
7 III. Allegro con fuoco 6’31
Byron Janis piano
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra · Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
* London Symphony Orchestra · Herbert Menges

CD4
Franz Liszt 1811–1886
Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat
1 I. Allegro maestoso – 5’07
2 II. Quasi adagio – 8’13
3 III. Allegro marziale 4’07
Piano Concerto No.2 in A
4 Adagio sostenuto assai – 4’39
5 Allegro agitato assai – 2’06
6 Allegro moderato – 4’57
7 Allegro deciso – 2’43
8 Marziale un poco meno allegro – 3’36
9 Allegro animato 1’41
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky 1839–1881
Pictures at an Exhibition*
10 Promenade 1’29
11 1. Gnomus 2’25
12 Promenade 0’55
13 2. Il vecchio castello 4’25
14 Promenade 0’28
15 3. Tuileries 1’00
(Dispute d’enfants après jeux)
16 4. Bydlo 2’49
17 Promenade 0’43
18 5. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks 1’13
19 6. Samuel Goldenberg and 1’51
Schmuÿle
20 7. Limoges – Le Marché 1’20
(La Grande Nouvelle)
21 8. Catacombae 1’47
(Sepulcrum Romanum) –
22 Con mortuis in lingua mortua 2’00
23 9. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs 2’59
24 10. The Great Gate of Kiev 4’11
Byron Janis piano
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra · Kirill Kondrashin (1–3)
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra · Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (4–9)